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Trindon Jerard Holliday (born April 27, 1986) is an American former professional football wide receiver and return specialist. He was selected by the Houston Texans in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL draft. He played college football at LSU. At 5'5", Holliday is one of the shortest players in NFL history. [1]
Jack Emanuel "Soupy" Shapiro (March 22, 1907 – February 5, 2001) was an American gridiron football player who played in one game with the Staten Island Stapletons of the National Football League (NFL) in 1929. Shapiro is most famous for being the shortest player in NFL history at about 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m).
Playing in the NFL is one of the most physically demanding sports. The players are exposed to many hard hits and are often injured. This plus given the fact the NFL is highly competitive, and there is a large group of talented players wanting to take the place of those who are injured or no longer able to perform at a high level, most careers are not long.
Note: Forced fumbles are not an official NFL statistic and unofficial numbers prior to 1981 are not available. [278] [279] Most fumbles forced, career: 54; Robert Mathis, [280] 2003–2016; Most fumbles forced, season: 10; Osi Umenyiora, 2010; [281] Charles Tillman, 2012 [278] Most fumbles forced, game: 4; Charles Tillman, [282]
A wide receiver (WR), also referred to as a wideout, and historically known as a split end (SE) or flanker (FL), is an eligible receiver in gridiron football. A key skill position of the offense , WR gets its name from the player being split out "wide" (near the sidelines), farthest away from the rest of the offensive formation .
He is one of the shortest men ever to play in the NFL, he was drafted in the 1947 AAFC Draft in the Special Draft by the New York Yankees. As a track star at the University of Illinois , he won the National Collegiate Championships in the 100 and 220-yard dash, tied the world record for the 45 and 60-yard dashes (6.1 in the latter event), and ...
World's shortest identical twins (Greg Rice, John Rice) until 2005 with the death of John Rice. [25] [26] 1951–2005 1951 – (Greg Rice) Brazil: 90.3 cm (35.6 in) 91.1 cm (35.9 in) Paulo Gabriel Barros & Katyucia Hoshino Married couple In 2016, Guinness World Records awarded the title of Shortest Married Couple to Paulo, and Katyucia from Brazil.
LeBaron was selected by the Washington Redskins in the tenth round (123rd overall) of the 1950 NFL draft, but had to leave training camp to perform military service during the Korean War. At 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m), he was one of the shortest quarterbacks in the history of the NFL.